Could this help with Aspergers / Autism?

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I find a simple audio level meter good to help me keep me practice keeping my voice levels at good levels. I have a tendancy to speak too loud or too soft, but watching my voice on a microphone meter, I can tell if I am too soft or too loud

I like the nature idea more than the lights idea.
Maybe you could project calming scenery instead of neon lights on the wall? I'd definitely go to a place like that.

Thanks guys for all your great replies.

I have been working on the website, and I want to add some tips for people thinking of buying a sensory room, so I made this page:
How to buy a sensory room
Its a bit all over the place at the moment, but so far I couldnt find any resources for people who want to have this sort of stuff.

Do you guys have any suggestions.

Everything that you have said about the flashing lights and things is great. I am going to make the next version of my invention a lot softer and calmer! I have started working on it already.

I think it's great what you are doing

To me, it's overload. But it might to be a useful tool to demonstrate the spectrum of Autism to NTs. You could let NTs enjoy the experience at a 'normal' setting first. Then they could repeat the experience at an 'Asperger's' setting, where their input would produce a louder and more garish response. Each added voice would dramatically increase the overload. There could be an 'autistic setting where even a little input provokes an overwhelming response. Maybe even a 'hyperactive' setting where their loudest efforts produce only a muted, dull response.

I once listened to tapes simulating hearing loss. The volume remained the same. There were no silent spots. But the voices became increasingly garbled at each level of hearing loss, giving me a much better idea of what my father was experiencing at the time.

Another thing. Loud noise is physically painful to me. Sunlight really does hurt my eyes. I'm not speaking metaphorically. To make the experience real for an NT, you would have to make it a little painful, somehow.

How would you suggest making the light painful?

The sound is easy enough, nails on a chalkboard recording.

I don't know. I think that you would have to use something other than sound or light. Sounds that are painful to some, create no discomfort in others. To create a painful experience of noise or light in someone who has a high tolerance would be injurious. Mild electric shocks? Maybe there are frequencies that most NTs find irritating.

An NT friend of mine was recently driving someone with non-verbal autism around in the back seat of a large van. My friend didn't realize that someone had turned on the rear speakers in the van, and before my friend could react to what was happening, his passenger had banged his head bloody against the window. NTs just don't realize that banging one's head bloody and hearing loud music are about the same level of discomfort to some people. I think that some rather intense unpleasantness would have to part of the experience to convey autistic overload to an NT.